Catharine McLaren
@catharinemc.bsky.social
30s ✨ bisexual 🏳️🌈
all things yarn 🧶🪡
rugby league + hull kingston rovers ❤️
learning Íslenska 🇮🇸 + Svenska 🇸🇪
all things yarn 🧶🪡
rugby league + hull kingston rovers ❤️
learning Íslenska 🇮🇸 + Svenska 🇸🇪
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So QAnon spent years spreading conspiracy theories that the government was run by a cabal of elite pedophiles and it turns out they supported the actual cabal of elite pedophiles to get into power and destroy democracy.
January 30, 2026 at 11:05 PM
So QAnon spent years spreading conspiracy theories that the government was run by a cabal of elite pedophiles and it turns out they supported the actual cabal of elite pedophiles to get into power and destroy democracy.
it was a foggy one today..
January 28, 2026 at 7:02 PM
it was a foggy one today..
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When you have secured a symbolic capitulation, press for real ones. Don't wait for the other guy to get up; break his jaw.
January 27, 2026 at 6:50 PM
When you have secured a symbolic capitulation, press for real ones. Don't wait for the other guy to get up; break his jaw.
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I've been sent video from the end of the ICE raid at the Zipps on 32nd and Shea.
It shows protesters -- on the sidewalk, impeding no one -- getting drive-by maced by an ICE agent from a truck as it rolls away down the road.
Hard to see how such tactics are justifiable.
It shows protesters -- on the sidewalk, impeding no one -- getting drive-by maced by an ICE agent from a truck as it rolls away down the road.
Hard to see how such tactics are justifiable.
January 27, 2026 at 6:07 AM
I've been sent video from the end of the ICE raid at the Zipps on 32nd and Shea.
It shows protesters -- on the sidewalk, impeding no one -- getting drive-by maced by an ICE agent from a truck as it rolls away down the road.
Hard to see how such tactics are justifiable.
It shows protesters -- on the sidewalk, impeding no one -- getting drive-by maced by an ICE agent from a truck as it rolls away down the road.
Hard to see how such tactics are justifiable.
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And all good trekkies should remember the wisdom of Darok: "If they succeed, you can drink to their courage. And if they fail, you can still drink to their courage."
January 27, 2026 at 4:27 AM
And all good trekkies should remember the wisdom of Darok: "If they succeed, you can drink to their courage. And if they fail, you can still drink to their courage."
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The ocean freighting industry is woke now (the containers spell Renee, for Renee Good).
www.reddit.com/r/Tacoma/com...
www.reddit.com/r/Tacoma/com...
January 27, 2026 at 4:13 AM
The ocean freighting industry is woke now (the containers spell Renee, for Renee Good).
www.reddit.com/r/Tacoma/com...
www.reddit.com/r/Tacoma/com...
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I don't keep doomers in my feed but since apparently some folks do: "celebrate each and every win, loudly" is Organizing 101
January 27, 2026 at 4:13 AM
I don't keep doomers in my feed but since apparently some folks do: "celebrate each and every win, loudly" is Organizing 101
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lol also oblig
April 26, 2024 at 2:05 AM
lol also oblig
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Soviet stratospheric parachutists Nina Pronyushkina and Elvira Fomicheva, Odessa, 1977.
January 26, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Soviet stratospheric parachutists Nina Pronyushkina and Elvira Fomicheva, Odessa, 1977.
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A painting titled "Cat on the roof" by the artist Konstantin Bulanov.
January 25, 2026 at 3:40 AM
A painting titled "Cat on the roof" by the artist Konstantin Bulanov.
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Therapist: the Lego shoes cannot hurt you
The Lego shoes:
The Lego shoes:
From toy box to runway: LEGO Crocs debut at Paris Fashion Week
LEGO and Crocs have teamed up to bring life-sized LEGO brick styled clogs a reality for fans of both brands.
interestingengineering.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Therapist: the Lego shoes cannot hurt you
The Lego shoes:
The Lego shoes:
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Graham Linehan proves the point that trans liberationists have been saying from the start:
If you'll permit dehumanising and stripping the rights of trans people, you will dehumanise and strip the rights of anyone on a long enough timeline.
If you'll permit dehumanising and stripping the rights of trans people, you will dehumanise and strip the rights of anyone on a long enough timeline.
This is exactly the same playbook Graham Linehan uses against trans people, where defending trans rights is cast as defending "rape" and "paedophilia." He uses "rape" and "paedophilia" as punchlines, and, therefore, all of his hate speech and advocation for violence against his enemies is justified.
January 26, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Graham Linehan proves the point that trans liberationists have been saying from the start:
If you'll permit dehumanising and stripping the rights of trans people, you will dehumanise and strip the rights of anyone on a long enough timeline.
If you'll permit dehumanising and stripping the rights of trans people, you will dehumanise and strip the rights of anyone on a long enough timeline.
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The Washington Post published a clear video of federal agents removing Alex Pretti's handgun moments before he was fatally shot. There's nothing in the video to suggest Pretti even reached for his weapon.
wapo.st/49Zqv1L
wapo.st/49Zqv1L
January 25, 2026 at 6:11 PM
The Washington Post published a clear video of federal agents removing Alex Pretti's handgun moments before he was fatally shot. There's nothing in the video to suggest Pretti even reached for his weapon.
wapo.st/49Zqv1L
wapo.st/49Zqv1L
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The BBC coverage is absolutely terrible.
It leads on "sharply contested narratives"
It has a dramatic skew to the US government
It has posted the video but has failed to report on what it shows: it shows the US govt account is untrue
It leads on "sharply contested narratives"
It has a dramatic skew to the US government
It has posted the video but has failed to report on what it shows: it shows the US govt account is untrue
January 24, 2026 at 11:00 PM
The BBC coverage is absolutely terrible.
It leads on "sharply contested narratives"
It has a dramatic skew to the US government
It has posted the video but has failed to report on what it shows: it shows the US govt account is untrue
It leads on "sharply contested narratives"
It has a dramatic skew to the US government
It has posted the video but has failed to report on what it shows: it shows the US govt account is untrue
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My cats asleep on my chest waiting for me to wake up to give them breakfast:
January 25, 2026 at 11:25 AM
My cats asleep on my chest waiting for me to wake up to give them breakfast:
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The BBC have been going full on ‘teach the controversy’ in the name of impartiality on an increasing number of subjects for well over a decade, I don’t know you can possibly be surprised by this now
I’m really quite surprised at the BBC website today. ‘Here is a video, some people say it does not show what it very obviously shows’ is not how you report this.
January 25, 2026 at 10:43 AM
The BBC have been going full on ‘teach the controversy’ in the name of impartiality on an increasing number of subjects for well over a decade, I don’t know you can possibly be surprised by this now
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if he wanted to, ladies, he would
OK so in 1992 a girl I know went with her brother to Lepre-con and she was one of the only girls there. The shy nerdy boys acted like she was the goddess Aphrodite and it did wonders for her self-confidence. Then one boy approached her with a figurine and said "I have painted you an orc".
January 25, 2026 at 11:21 AM
if he wanted to, ladies, he would
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*Looking at Starmer brag about how many deportations he is doing*: wow the working class are racist as hell.
January 25, 2026 at 11:44 AM
*Looking at Starmer brag about how many deportations he is doing*: wow the working class are racist as hell.
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Israel’s parliament will be voting shortly on a law that would permit the death penalty for Palestinians only.
If settlers attack a Palestinian and they fight back, they can be hanged in 90 days.
If settlers attack a Palestinian and they fight back, they can be hanged in 90 days.
January 25, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Israel’s parliament will be voting shortly on a law that would permit the death penalty for Palestinians only.
If settlers attack a Palestinian and they fight back, they can be hanged in 90 days.
If settlers attack a Palestinian and they fight back, they can be hanged in 90 days.
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the EU seems to forget that before we got to the point where choosing dialogue over violence, we had to kill a whole lot of nazis first
and killing a whole lot of nazis is still the right choice
and killing a whole lot of nazis is still the right choice
this is the stupidest fucking message to be pushing right now
WE HANGED THE FUCKING NAZIS, THAT'S WHAT YOU DO
dialogue over violence lmao yeah we really stopped the Nazis with peaceful protest and voting!
WE HANGED THE FUCKING NAZIS, THAT'S WHAT YOU DO
dialogue over violence lmao yeah we really stopped the Nazis with peaceful protest and voting!
January 25, 2026 at 11:59 AM
the EU seems to forget that before we got to the point where choosing dialogue over violence, we had to kill a whole lot of nazis first
and killing a whole lot of nazis is still the right choice
and killing a whole lot of nazis is still the right choice
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This particular lot running Labour are incapable of considering the implications of anything more than 30 seconds in the future.
January 25, 2026 at 12:04 PM
This particular lot running Labour are incapable of considering the implications of anything more than 30 seconds in the future.
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I love Starmerism, it's like "Uh no this guy can't be an MP because people like him. Only people everyone hates can be in Labour." It is so cool and smart.
NEW: Andy Burnham *blocked* from standing in the Gorton and Denton byelection. Of nine voting members on NEC group was 8-1 against him.
January 25, 2026 at 12:02 PM
I love Starmerism, it's like "Uh no this guy can't be an MP because people like him. Only people everyone hates can be in Labour." It is so cool and smart.
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"I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting," writes a woman now in hiding from the federal government for witnessing a state-sanctioned street execution
You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
January 25, 2026 at 2:03 AM
"I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting," writes a woman now in hiding from the federal government for witnessing a state-sanctioned street execution
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January 25, 2026 at 12:16 PM